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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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It's exactly as most people describe: Arch with a Calamares installer, for all the good and bad that entails. I've never been sold on Arch for daily driver use since stability and simplicity is paramount to me, so I tend to use Fedora as a relatively up-to-date distro that I can generally trust not to totally break.
However, if you really want to jump in both feet first into troubleshooting and learning Linux, Arch and EndeavourOS are fantastic. Neither holds your hand too much out of the box but they also have an excellent and helpful community and documentation if you run into trouble or don't know how to do something. Just… you have to be willing to deal with that kinda stuff, and not everyone is (I'm certainly not).